~ CATA~ id+ | FALL DROP |
^u note STROKE STRIKE | from
gr KATA = DOWN
ukr KAT EXECUTIONER
KATAI TRAVEL implicitly SEPARATION
ply> | CATASTROPHE is when an
EXECUTIONERS CUTS or STRIKES or when
see> CATABOLISM exceeds see> ANABOLISM |
~ CATABASIS gr CATA and BAINEIN imply
DOWN TO GO = DECLINE
med> DECLINING STAGE OF A DISEASE
as in HEALING RECOVERY
~ CATABIOSIS SENESCENCE sug> EMERITUS EMETIC
med> AGING in a normal average sense
~ CATABOLIC or
~ CATABOLISM med> BREAKDOWN from sug> CUT
root CAT plus
gr BALEEIN = TO THROW as in
DESTRUCTIVE DEGRADING or
ENERGY RELEASING METABOLISM
id+ | SEPARATION OF COMPONENTS | as in
"TO FALL APART"
"TO CUT DOWN"
note CATALYSIS
see> words starting with prefix CATA
~ CATACHRESIS gr KATHACRESIS = MISUSE OF WORDS from
gr KATA AGAINST
~ CATACLYSM gr KATA DOWN and
KYZEIN TO WASH
id+ A DELUGE as in WASHING DOWN
sug> CATALYSIS
med> note ukr KLYSMA = ENEMA
~ CATACOMB gr KATA KYMBE = DOWN and HOLLOW or
A CAVITY
BURIAL CAVE
id+ | HOLLOW PLACE |
~ CATAGENESIS INVOLUTION RETROGRESS opp of PROGRESS
med> MANY EMBRYONIC TISSUES INVOLUTE BY
APOPTOSIS
note APOPLEXY APOCALYPSE APOLOGY
implies NATURAL CELL DEATH or
NORMAL or EXPECTED
~ CATAGLOTTISM id+ | THRUSTING OUT OF THE TONGUE IN KISSING |
vern> "FRENCH" KISSING
~ CATALASE sc> ENZYME THAT LIBERATES OXYGEN FROM
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
from gr KATA and
LEGEIN = TO LEAVE OFF or TO CEASE
med> ACATALASIA IS INHERITED AS AN AUTOSOMAL
RECESSIVE DISORDER MOSTLY IN JAPAN AND
INBRED GROUPS AND CAUSES PROPENSITY TOWARD
GINGIVAL AND OTHER ORAL INFECTIONS
~ CATALEPSY ABSENCE SEIZURES or EPILEPSY
gr KATA and LAMBANEIN = TO TAKE
~ CATALOG or CATALOGUE <see next
~ CATALOGUE gr KATA = DOWN and LEGEIN = TO SAY
ENUMERATION IN SOME ORDER
MOSTLY A LISTING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
id+ COUNTING AND CLASSIFYING
~ CATALYSIS gr KATA and LYEIN = LOOSE or DISSOLVE
sug> LIQUIDATE
med> also TO ARREST or COUNTERACT
A PATHOGENIC PROCESS
~ CATALYST INCREASES RATE OF REACTIONS
biol> ENZYMES ARE CATALYSTS
id+ CATALYZE IS TO EXPEDITE WITH
MINIMAL SELF CONSUMPTION
~ CATAMENIA med> MENSES or MENSTRUAL FLOW
~ CATAMITE id+ BREAKDOWN OF THE NATURAL ORDER
from lat CATAMITUS or gr GANYMEDES
or GANYMEDE
id+ A BOY AS AN OBJECT FOR
A MALE HOMOSEXUAL or PEDERAST
myth> A YOUNG TROJAN PRINCE SAID
TO HAVE BEEN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY
ZEUS FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM AND
KIDNAPPED HIM TO OLYMPUS
PERHAPS AS A LOVER BUT CERTAINLY TO SERVE
AS A CUP BEARER FOR THE GODS
hx> IN ROME BOY LOVERS OF ADULT MALES
WERE KNOWN AS GANYMEDES or CATAMITE
id+ PEDERAST PEDERASTY or
MALE HOMOSEXUAL RELATION
sug> PERHAPS "CATA" in CATAMITE DENOTES THE
KIDNAPPING or SEPARATION OF GANYMEDES FROM A
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
see> CATA CATAPLEXY CATAPULT etc
~ CATAPLEXY gr KATA and PLESSEIN = TO STRIKE
A SUDDEN SHOCK PRODUCING MUSCULAR RIGIDITY
~ CATAPULT gr KATA and PALLEIN = TO TOSS or WHIRL
~ CATARACT id+ | WATERFALL and OCULAR LENS OPACITY |
gr KATARRAKTES = WATERFALL
gr KATA FALL and
lat CATARATA WATERFALL
med> CATARACT OBSTRUCTED VISION
THE RESULT OF OPACITY OF THE CRYSTALLINE LENS
ply> | BLURRED VISION as if impeded by
a sheet of WATER |
med> CATARACTS ARE CLASSFIED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS
ONE WAY IS TO GROUP CATARACTS AS
CONGENITAL SENILE or due to
PRENATAL RUBELLA or RATIATION EFFECTS
METABOLIC ERRORS incl DIABETES AMINOACIDURIA
hx> CATARACT IS AMONG THE MAJOR CAUSES OF
BLINDNESS see> BLIND
~ CATARRH gr from KATA and RHEIN = TO FLOW
as in CATARRHAL SECRETION see> CATARRHAL
med> CORYZA from
gr KORYZA = CATARRH
~ CATARRHAL from CATARRH in ukr KATAR
med> INFLAMMATION OF A MUCOUS MEMBRANE
vern> "RUNNY" NOSE
sp MOCO = MUCUS
MOCOSO CHILD
ukr SMARKATCH CHILD
SMARK MUCUS SNOT
see> KID
~ CATARRHIN gr KATARRHIS
from KATA and RHIS RHINOS =
DOWN NOSE = CATARRH <see above
~ CATASTROPHE gr KATASTROPHE = TO OVERTURN
from KATA = DOWN and STREPHEIN or
TO TURN OVER TO THROW TO RUIN A CALAMITY
A DISASTER A CATACLYSM A TRAGEDY
note main etymology under see> TREMOR
hx> OLD DRAMAS WERE DIVIDED
INTO SEVERAL PARTS
PROSTASIS = PRO or BEFORE or PROPOSITION
EPISTASIS EPI or ABOVE SCENARIO
CATASTASIS CATA or DOWN EVENTS
CATASTROPHE CULMINATION
CATHARSIS RESOLUTION
ply> | FROM GOOD DRAMAS WE LEARN CATHARSIS |
~ CATATONIA gr KATA and TONOS = DOWN and TENSION
med> in EPILEPTIC CONVULSIONS leading to
FALL RIGIDITY STUPOR <sug> STUPID
~ CATAVASIA in ukr CONFUSION as TO FALL INTO A DISORDER
~ CATCH lat CAPTARE = CAPTURE
lat CAPERE TO TAKE sug> CAPABLE
for more etymology see> CHASE
~ CATCH 22 the title of a NOVEL sug> NOVELTY
by Joseph HELLER [#] that appeared in
1956 during the COMMUNIST "SCARE" when government
forces were prosecuting "SUSPECTS"
THE TERM IS NOW PART OF THE DAILY JARGON AND
CAN BE USED TO DESCRIBE GOVERNMENT STUPIDITY
as reflected in circumstances
IMPOSSIBLE TO RESOLVE as in
DAMNED IF YOU DO and DAMNED IF YOU DO NOT
sug> DAMNONNI or primitive people in Britain